Fourteen-year-old Tavorje Kelly was killed in a drive-by shooting on March 16, 2022, in Goldsboro, North Carolina. The shooting happened about 4 a.m. while he slept inside a trailer home at Tanglewood Mobile Home Park on Central Heights Road; the mobile home was riddled with bullet holes. No arrests have been announced and police have not said whether Tavorje was an intended target.

Tavorje was one of five siblings and a student at Eastern Wayne Middle School. Family members described him as nice, funny, intelligent and well liked by classmates; he enjoyed playing basketball. Relatives expressed heartbreak, anger and fear after the shooting and called for information, guidance and ways to reduce gun violence in their community.

Anyone with information that could help solve this killing is asked to contact the Goldsboro Police.